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1

Australian A major river system in southeastern Queensland, Australia, that flows north through the Sunshine Coast and Wide Bay–Burnett regions into the Great Sandy Strait, known as the sole natural habitat of the endangered Mary River turtle and Australian lungfish.


2

Australian A river in the Top End of the Northern Territory, Australia, rising in Kakadu National Park and flowing northwest through expansive floodplains into the Van Diemen Gulf, renowned for its dense population of saltwater crocodiles and barramundi.


3

American A tributary of the Humboldt River located in Elko County in northeastern Nevada, United States, flowing southward from the Jarbidge Mountains across the Great Basin.

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